Site Presentation and Carnival

So what do these two events have in common?... Not much, besides the fact that both took place in Paraguay and I was present for both of them. However, I thought that some of you out there would like to hear about the random events that filled my last few weeks of summer here in Ayolas, PY.

Site Presentation
The site presentation takes place within the first few months of a volunteer arriving in their community as a manner of presenting the volunteer to the community. The presentations are held within our respective communities and we are encouraged to invite community members that we feel we might potentially work with in the future. Most of the people that attended my presentation were either teachers from the local schools or youth from my environmental group. My boss Eli Cabrera for the Environmental sector and our third year volunteer coordinator Austin came to Ayolas for the evening to give my presentation and check up on how things were going for me in my site. I was very happy with the amount of people who turned out to support me and hear a little bit more about what is Cuerpo de Paz (Peace Corps).











Carnival
Unfortunately this year I was not able to travel to Rio de Janeiro to participate in the huge Carnival celebrations, but I was able to attend Ayolas's version with a few Peace Corps friends. There were 8 of us who spent the hot evening drinking, dancing, and celebrating the night away.